Arbitron Inc. Announces Retirement of Chief Financial Officer: Conference Call - Final.

Original Source: FD (FAIR DISCLOSURE) WIRE

OPERATOR: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Arbitron conference call. (OPERATOR INSTRUCTIONS). It is now my pleasure to introduce Kathleen Ross, Executive Vice President of Organization Effectiveness and Public Relations. Ma'am, the floor is yours.

KATHLEEN ROSS, EVP, ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS, ARBITRON: Thank you. Good morning and welcome to the Arbitron conference call. Today I have the pleasure of introducing Steve Morris, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Bill Walsh, Chief Financial Officer. In today's call, Steve and Bill will make some brief remarks about today's announcement, and then we will be happy to take your questions.

Please note that management will not address issues beyond the scope of today's announcement.

Before we begin, I want to remind you that this morning's discussion does include forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations about future events. Arbitron has derived these expectations from the information currently available to us. Actual results might differ materially from results projected in the forward-looking statements which involve known and unknown risks.

For a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those …